RAF CASERT, KELVIN CHAN and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press BRUSSELS — Europe faces a tough choice: Is it worth a recession to choke off oil and gas money to Russia while it fights a war in Ukraine? While U.S. and British bans on Russian oil increase the pressure on Europe […]
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From Europe to Lancaster: Cyclotron’s delivery marks milestone in cancer center’s newest addition | Local News
A 210-foot-long trailer truck delivered Lancaster’s next weapon in fighting cancer on Saturday afternoon, carrying a central piece of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health’s proton center. The 20-axle truck delivered a cyclotron to the Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute on Harrisburg Pike. A cyclotron is one of three essential pieces […]
Europe Clears Google’s $2.1 Billion Deal for Fitbit. So Long as It Follows These Rules.
Text size Courtesy of Fitbit Google cannot use the health data collected by Fitbit users in Europe for advertising and has to make sure rival wearable devices operate on its Android smartphone platform as part of the European Commission’s approval of its $2.1 billion Fitbit acquisition. The approval comes after […]
I Froze My Eggs in Europe to Save Money. Then, the Pandemic Hit.
Photo credit: myshkovsky – Getty Images From ELLE On March 17, otherwise known as my 38th birthday, a press release landed in my inbox: The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the professional body overseeing fertility care in the U.S., was recommending the suspension of all “non-urgent” treatments, including in […]
Europe Is Locking Down Everything to Keep Schools Open During COVID’s Second Wave
Eric Gaillard/REUTERS ROME—The Ambrosoni family in the central part of the city here have one computer, painfully slow internet, and three children in elementary school, making learning from home something of a challenge. When schools closed down last March, the children essentially stopped learning, the family says. And the family […]
Europe, From Italy and France to Germany, Is Locking Down Everything to Keep Schools Open in COVID Second Wave
ROME—The Ambrosoni family in the central part of the city here have one computer, painfully slow internet, and three children in elementary school, making learning from home something of a challenge. When schools closed down last March, the children essentially stopped learning, the family says. And the family does not […]
German, Czech, Italian virus records deepen Europe worries
A man runs across an empty medieval Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. The Czech Republic has imposed a new series of restrictive measures in response to a record surge in coronavirus infections. Starting Wednesdays all bars and restaurants can only sell takeaway while drinking of […]
Apathy towards Covid-19 measures on the rise across Europe, says WHO
Italy has now made mask wearing compulsory outside – Reuters Coronavirus Article Bar with counter .. New data shows significant increases in apathy towards Covid-19 across Europe, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Fatigue has been measured in different ways across 27 countries but “is now estimated to have […]
Pac-12 football returns; Cuomo says New York will review vaccines approved by feds; fears of a second wave in Europe
New York state officials will conduct a review of any coronavirus vaccines approved by the federal government before recommending them to New Yorkers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. Cuomo said he feared President Donald Trump would strongarm the Food and Drug Administration into using insufficiently rigorous standards to approve vaccines. […]
Cuomo says New York will review vaccines approved by feds; fears of a second wave in Europe
New York state officials will conduct a review of any coronavirus vaccines approved by the federal government before recommending them to New Yorkers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. Cuomo said he feared President Donald Trump would strongarm the Food and Drug Administration into using insufficiently rigorous standards to approve vaccines. […]
Vaccine trial results could come in November; thousands of health workers have died; cases in Europe up
As the race to find a coronavirus vaccine continues, the World Health Organization on Thursday announced grim reminders of COVID-19’s global impact. The WHO said cases are surging again in Europe, with more than half of European countries seeing a 10% or greater spike in cases. COVID-19 is also disproportionately affecting healthcare […]
CDC changes testing guidelines for asymptomatic people; University of Alabama cases skyrocket; 2 reinfections in Europe
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its COVID-19 testing guidelines and now says people without symptoms “do not necessarily need a test” – even if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19. The move comes a week after the CDC updated travel guidelines that no longer mandate a 14-day quarantine for […]
CDC changes testing guidelines for asymptomatic people; University of Alabama has 560 cases; two reinfections in Europe
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its COVID-19 testing guidelines. Now, the CDC says, people without symptoms “do not necessarily need a test” – even if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19. In Hawaii, its most populous island is returning to stay-at-home orders in its fight against COVID-19, while Massachusetts is […]
Novavax Vaccine Funding; Europe Sees Deeper Slump: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Novavax Inc. was awarded $1.6 billion in U.S. funding to support large-scale manufacturing of its coronavirus vaccine candidate. Any vaccine would likely be limited in how long it can shield against infection, top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci warned. European officials expect a deeper economic slump than […]